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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Aug 2000
Vol. 7, No. 118
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 8
Entries rejected: 2
03 Aug 2000
Central Asian Agency of Political Research (APR)
Agency of Political Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Self-description:
"The Central Asian Agency of Political Research (APR), being one of
the authoritative non-governmental scientific institutions in the
Republic of Kazakhstan, is offering cooperation in a field of applied
fundamental sciences [...]: (i) [...] current political and
social-economical situation in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, countries of
CIS, and in the world; (ii) [...] regional and international security;
(iii) [...] specific and general features of international and
regional extremism; (iv) [...] research on various actual political
and economical subjects."
[A bilingual (RU,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.caapr.kz
Link suggested by: Agency of Political Research (apr@lorton.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
03 Aug 2000
UB Post Weekly
Mongol News, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
Self-description:
"The UB Post [est. May 1996] is one of two English weeklies in
Mongolia, the other being run by a Government press agency,
'Montsame.' [...] The UB Post publishes news and information about a
rapidly changing and developing Mongolia, with ever-expanding foreign
relations; a country on the way to a stronger democracy."
Site contents: Current News; About the UB Post; Subscription
Information; Contact Us; News Archive.
URL http://www.ulaanbaatar.net/ubpost/
Link suggested by: Oyunbayar Namsrai (ubpost@yahoo.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
03 Aug 2000
The Dialogue of Civilizations - Oct 2000
Institute of Islamic Studies, London, UK
Self-description:
International Seminar on 'The Dialogue of Civilizations', 27-28
October 2000. Venue: Islamic Centre England. London. Organized by Institute of
Islamic Studies (UK), Institute for Political & International Studies (IRAN), Shahid
Beheshti University (IRAN), Allame Tabataba'ee University (IRAN) and Islamic College
for Advanced Studies (UK).
[On the mutual impact of the Islamic and Western civilizations - ed.]
URL http://www.islamic-studies.org/confer.htm
Link suggested by: Institute of Islamic Studies (iis@islasmic-studies.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
03 Aug 2000
Mr. China's Chinese History and Philosophy
Hollis, NY, USA
A web site specialising in Chinese History and Philosophy, the Xia and
the Tao Te Ching.
Site contents:
Course Block on Asian Studies including a Concentration of Chinese
History and Philosophy courses; A reference listing for both college
and graduate level Asian Studies and Philosophy; A current translation
and interpretation of the TaoTeChing. A brief expositon on the
existence of the Xia; Interpretation of the Sayings of Confucius (The
Analects) (LunYu); A translation and interpretation of The Way of
Chuang Tzu; Links reference page.
URL http://askMrChina.com/
Link suggested by: Arthur H Tafero (aacmrchina@aol.com), forwarded by Steve Leibo
(leibo@cnsvax.albany.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide/Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
02 Aug 2000
Inside China Today
European Internet Network Inc., Prague, Czech Republic
Supplied note:
"Provides daily news covering China, Macao and Taiwan."
Site contents: General News (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Free News Ticker, Headline
News FeedNEW!, Wire Services); Business News (General News, Markets
News, Stocks and Currencies, PR Newswire, ON24); News from the Web
(General, Politics, Society, Sports, Science-Technology, Business,
Stock Market, Taiwan); Publishing Partner News (BBC Monitoring, China
Online, VirtualChina.com); Country Info (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Tibet, Features, Weather, Hot Sites); News by E-mail; Discussion
Boards (Human Rights, Politics, Taiwan, More...); Chat; Classifieds.
URL http://www.insidechina.com/
Link suggested by: Petr Stanek (info@einmedia.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
02 Aug 2000
NLA's West Asian Collections
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note:
"The National Library of Australia has prepared a brief description of its
West Asian collections, covering Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon,
Palestine, Syria and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, at [the URL below]."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/lang/westasia.html
Link suggested by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Interesting
01 Aug 2000
The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine - Interactive Edition
Irrawaddy Publishing Group, Thailand
Supplied note:
"The Irrawaddy, an independent news publication, raises awareness
about Burma-related issues through unbiased reporting from a Burmese
perspective."
Site contents: Intelligence; News in Brief; Business; Regional Brief; Editorial;
Cover Story; Articles; Culture & Arts; Contact Us; Photo Gallery;
Past Issues; Current News; Research Pages; Links.
URL http://www.irrawaddy.org
Link suggested by: Win Thu (waddy2@chmai.loxinfo.co.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
01 Aug 2000
Japanese Legal Research at the University of Washington
University of Wasington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, USA
Supplied note:
"A handy overview of the materials available to Japanese legal
researchers in books and on the internet. The site provides a well
organized and easy-to-use [annotated] list of resources and advice on Japanese
legal research. Materials listed include laws, cases, and legal
articles in both English and Japanese, complete with many links to
other useful related sites."
URL http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/jres.html
Link suggested by: Rob Britt (rrbritt@u.washington.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
01 Aug 2000
Japan in Miniature: Guide to Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa Junior College, Japan
Supplied note:
"A guide to Kagawa, by permission of the original book's publisher,
Shikoku Newspaper Company. The rich history of this tiny prefecture
includes the birthplace of Kukai along the Buddhist Pilgrimage of
Shikoku and the syncretic Shinto mecca of Kompira-san. Folk legends
and arts are also detailed by Akiko Takemoto et al. In English with
some Japanese (Shift-JIS), especially for proper nouns and pilgrimage
temple hymns."
URL http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/kagawa/
Link suggested by: Steve McCarty (steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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